This week I've been knitting Long & Romantic woollen socks for Me&MySelf. They are
my own design. Last Spring I knit
BubbleSocks and now I have these to wait for the next autumn. It is fabulous to wear brand new woollen socks when it gets cold after the summer and you didn't knit them at first! What a luxury!
I used very old Novita's 7 veljestä yarn. (75% wool, 25% polyamide) (100g = 200m) They still sell it but the quality has gone down -unfortunately. Many people are complaining about the poor quality nowadays. The problem seems to be the quality varies a lot. Years ago you could be sure the quality is standard and good. This old quality behind the years feels so much different in your hands and lasts much longer.
These yarn balls are from the collection I inherit from my grandmother. I really am very seriously considering to change the yarn I use. The difference is so remarkable what they have done to the yarn during these years. Novita seems to pay more attention on shades nowadays than the quality. Sad, so sad.
Last January I knit
ForMe woollen socks for daily use. It was extremely infuriating to notice after only 3 wearing times that the socks had piled quite badly. (I am very happy I knit also BubbleSocks because I've been using them then.) After a long time I had bought ball of original Novita 7 veljestä yarn and this was the result with socks ForMe. For a long time I have used Novita's old quality yarn storage I have inherit from my grandmothers.
I had 2 yarn balls of this type: 1 white and 1 cream. I knit the legs to be as long as 100g allowed me to. I decorate the socks with SingleCables.
For the 1st time I knit the French heel. It looks different and perhaps a bit more romantic but should be as lasting as the original styled one I always before have knit. The structure is similar at the end; it just varies a bit. I reaally hope, wish and believe this socks will be good quality. I saved the last balls of the yarns for Me&MySelf just in case.
